Siegfried Prince of Castell-Rüdenhausen

Siegfried Casimir Friedrich Prince of Castell-Rüdenhausen (born February 16, 1916 in Rüdenhausen Castle , Rüdenhausen , Lower Franconia ; † November 16, 2007 ibid) was a German farmer and forester , entrepreneur and hunting official . He was head of the old Franconian noble house of Castell-Rüdenhausen and an honorary citizen of his home community. From 1955 to 1961 he was President of the Bavarian Hunting Protection Association (BJV) , which he was instrumental in launching.

Life

Family, military service and professional activity

Siegfried Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen was born as the second eldest son of Casimir Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen and Mechtild Corisande Renira Mary, née Countess Bentinck, on February 16, 1916 in Rüdenhausen Castle . There he grew up with five siblings. After graduating from high school in 1938, he completed the obligatory Reich Labor Service . A year later he joined the 17 Cavalry Regiment stationed in Bamberg and was a soldier in World War II , most recently in the rank of first lieutenant . At the end of 1945 he returned to Rüdenhausen.

Since his eldest brother Rupert was missing and was later declared dead, Siegfried was now head of the Castell-Rüdenhausen family. His duties included the obligations as a co-owner of the Fürstlich Castell'schen Bank , as a farmer and forester he took care of the family's own forests in the Steigerwald with his forest management .

On October 16, 1946, he married Countess Irene zu Solms-Laubach (* June 25, 1925 - December 16, 2006 in Rüdenhausen Castle), the daughter of Graf Georg Friedrich zu Solms-Laubach and Princess Johanna Marie zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich . The marriage resulted in seven sons and one daughter. His daughter Donata Emma Countess zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (* June 20, 1950 - September 5, 2015) married Louis Ferdinand Prince of Prussia in 1975 (* August 25, 1944 - July 11, 1977). Siegfried Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen is thus the maternal grandfather of Georg Friedrich Prince of Prussia (born June 10, 1976 in Bremen).

Commitment to the interests of the hunt

Siegfried Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen became known to a broader public through his commitment to hunting . Associated with them from childhood on, he was considered a skilled hunter who was held in high esteem throughout Germany as a hunter and host. As one of the most prominent personalities of the German hunting community in the post-war period, he played a key role in the reconstruction of hunting associations, especially in Bavaria . From the entry into force of the Bavarian Hunting Act in 1952, he was the representative of the hunters in the Supreme Hunting Council. He was one of the new founders of the Gerolzhofen district group and thus also of the Bavarian Hunting Protection and Hunters Association (BJV). He succeeded in bringing the two divided Bavarian hunting associations, the BJV and the Landesverband Bayerischer Jagdvereine (LBJ), as well as the Bavarian Hunters Working Group, to one table and unifying them. In 1955 this led to the merger of the three associations to form the Bavarian Hunting Association (BJV) , whose first president Siegfried Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen was elected in the same year. During his term of office until 1961, among other things, he was recognized by the BJV as a non-profit association. Overall, according to Gerhard Frank , one of his successors in office, he has the merit of forging the BJV "in a difficult time into a powerful representation of the interests of the Bavarian hunters".

In addition, Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen was also active at the federal level for a number of years after he was elected to the executive committee of the German Hunting Protection Association (DJV) in 1955 . Both the BJV (2001) and the DJV later awarded him the gold pin of honor. He was also a member of the International Council for the Conservation of Game and Hunting (CIC), for several years also its vice-president and temporarily president of the German delegation of the CIC. The CIC made him an honorary member.

Since Siegfried Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen particularly valued the German Wachtelhund as a hunting dog, he allowed the Lower Franconia regional group in the Association for German Wachtelhunde to hold their tests in the princely territories.

Close ties with Rüdenhausen

Close to home and close to the people, Prince zu Castell-Rüdenhausen campaigned for Rüdenhausen in a variety of ways and was a popular and respected "institution" there. With the award of honorary citizenship , the market recognized this close connection. But the volunteer fire brigade, the homeland club and the singing club each made him an honorary member. He was awarded the badge of honor for promoting the sponsorship between Panzerbrigade 36 and Rüdenhausen. The brigade also made him an honorary colonel .

Siegfried Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen died on November 16, 2007 as a result of a fall. The 91-year-old died with his eight children. He found his final resting place in the family cemetery in Rüdenhausen, where the family flag was passed on to his eldest son Johann-Friedrich Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (1948-2014) during the funeral.

Others

His son Karl Friedrich Graf zu Castell-Rüdenhausen dedicated the concert march Fürst Siegfried, a composition by Rudi Fischer, to his 90th birthday .

Web links

Siegfried Casimir Friedrich Graf zu Castell-Rüdenhausen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Gerhard Frank: First BJV President SD Siegfried Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen has died. (PDF; 524 kB) In: Jagd in Bayern, issue 12/2007.
-mey-: Prince zu Castell-Rüdenhausen is dead. The head of the noble house died at the age of 91 with his family. In: Mainpost , November 23, 2007.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f -mey-: Prince of Castell-Rüdenhausen is dead. The boss of the noble house died with his family at the age of 91. In: Mainpost , November 23, 2007; Retrieved October 30, 2011.
↑ See also: Siegfried Casimir Friedrich Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen on thepeerage.com , accessed on July 26, 2015.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Gerhard Frank : First BJV President SD Siegfried Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen has died. (PDF; 524 kB) In: Jagd in Bayern, issue 12/2007.
^ The first BJV president, Prince zu Castell-Rüdenhausen, celebrated his 85th birthday. (PDF; 224 kB) In: Jagd in Bayern, issue 6/2001.
^ Andreas Stöckinger: Farewell to Siegfried Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen. 800 mourners at the funeral service and funeral in Rüdenhausen. In: Mainpost , November 29, 2007; Retrieved October 30, 2011.
↑ Information on the concert march at Wertach Musikverlag; Retrieved October 30, 2011.

personal data
SURNAME	Castell-Rüdenhausen, Siegfried Fürst to
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Castell-Rüdenhausen, Siegfried Casimir Friedrich Fürst zu; Castell-Rüdenhausen, Siegfried Casimir Friedrich Graf to
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German farmer and forest manager, entrepreneur and hunting official
DATE OF BIRTH	February 16, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rüdenhausen Castle , Rüdenhausen , Bavaria
DATE OF DEATH	November 16, 2007
Place of death	Rüdenhausen Castle, Rüdenhausen , Bavaria

[Mainpost1-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f -mey-: Prince of Castell-Rüdenhausen is dead. The boss of the noble house died with his family at the age of 91. In: Mainpost , November 23, 2007; Retrieved October 30, 2011.

[2] See also: Siegfried Casimir Friedrich Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen on thepeerage.com , accessed on July 26, 2015.

[Frank-3] Gerhard Frank : First BJV President SD Siegfried Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen has died. (PDF; 524 kB) In: Jagd in Bayern, issue 12/2007.

[4] The first BJV president, Prince zu Castell-Rüdenhausen, celebrated his 85th birthday. (PDF; 224 kB) In: Jagd in Bayern, issue 6/2001.

[5] Andreas Stöckinger: Farewell to Siegfried Fürst zu Castell-Rüdenhausen. 800 mourners at the funeral service and funeral in Rüdenhausen. In: Mainpost , November 29, 2007; Retrieved October 30, 2011.

[6] Information on the concert march at Wertach Musikverlag; Retrieved October 30, 2011.